Investment ScamsThe patterns behind almost every investment fraud.MoneyIf several of these are present, stop.Red flagsGuaranteed or 'risk-free' high returnsPressure to decide immediatelyUnregistered firm or adviserComplex strategy that cannot be explained simplyContact came to you, unsolicitedDifficulty withdrawing moneyCommon formsPonzi — early payouts from later depositsPump and dumpFake celebrity endorsementsRomance and 'pig butchering' scamsRecovery scams targeting previous victimsCheckThe regulator's registerThat the firm's details match exactlyThat you can withdraw a small amount firstClone firms copy a real company's details with one changed digit.Verify contact details from the regulator, not from the approach.Investment Scamslearnposters.com
Investment Scams — printable money wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Investment Scams poster

14 entries in 3 groups.

If several of these are present, stop.

Clone firms copy a real company's details with one changed digit. Verify contact details from the regulator, not from the approach.

Questions about the Investment Scams poster

What’s on the Investment Scams poster?
14 entries in 3 groups. If several of these are present, stop. Red flags: Guaranteed or 'risk-free' high returns, Pressure to decide immediately, Un…; Common forms: Ponzi — early payouts from later deposits, Pump and dump, Fake celebrit…; Check: The regulator's register, That the firm's details match exactly, That you can…. Clone firms copy a real company's details with one changed digit. Verify contact details from the regulator, not from the approach.
Who is the Investment Scams poster for?
Investment Scams belongs to the Money section rather than to a school year, because money is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning investing can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Investment Scams poster?
Guaranteed high returns do not exist. That single claim identifies most scams. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Investment Scams belongs on the wall where that money work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Investment Scams?
Asset Classes, Bonds and Time in the Market sit alongside Investment Scams in the Money section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Asset ClassesBondsTime in the Market
Is the Investment Scams poster free to download and print?
Yes. Investment Scams downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Money section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Investment Scams poster print at?
Investment Scams is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Investment Scams loses nothing.Printing guide

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